Environmental Stewardship and Social Justice
Applies sociological theory to environmental issues, examining how stewardship and conflict are embedded in cultural, social, and political contexts.
Summary
Past student reviews · Laura Senier
The course involved a significant amount of reading and high academic expectations from the professor.
What you’ll be able to do
Describe and critique the role of social conditions and social change in shaping equities and disparities in environment, health, and community
Place an understanding of local social conditions and change in the global context of rural and urban life, including political, ecological, economic, geographic, historical, and cultural dimensions
Frame and conduct social science research
Demonstrate the ability to ethically apply research methods, such as qualitative, quantitative, historical, interdisciplinary, participatory, and action approaches, and to evaluate findings
Demonstrate leadership and collaboration skills for working with people from a diversity of backgrounds in professional and ethical ways that enable beneficial and regenerative relationships
Demonstrate advanced verbal and written communication skills that are applicable in a professional setting
Critically and creatively evaluate environmental and social justice through a diversity of perspectives about knowledge, culture, and land management practices
Apply collaborative skills through writing workshops and weekly discussions
Identify the strengths, limitations, and possibilities of anti-racism, anti-colonial, and other justice-oriented approaches in the field of environmental stewardship, including their tensions with dominant discourses about sustainability, land management, and science and technology
Identify the practical challenges of universal values and perspectives, specifically how they impact people across the world
Unearth the hidden roots and connections across differently situated people and places
Synthesize and evaluate current academic literature to explore a current issue related to environmental stewardship and social justice
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapSOC 181,SOC/C&E SOC 140, 210, 211,F&W ECOL/C&E SOC/SOC 248,ENVIR ST 112, 113,GEOG/ENVIR ST 139, 337, 339,GEOG 101, or graduate/professional standing
- SOC 181
- take one
- C&ESOC/F&WECOL/SOC 248
- take one
- take one
- GEOG 101
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Professors
Spring 2027No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
LAURA SENIER is recorded teaching in Spring 2010. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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Student experience
the class
Past student reviews · Laura Senier
Laura Senier led engaging classroom discussions and was described as a fair grader, though she set high expectations for students.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2018: 3.72 GPA, 88.4% A/AB (n=43 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.16 GPA, 52.6% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Past student reviews · Laura Senier
The course involved a significant amount of reading and high academic expectations from the professor.
Past student reviews · Laura Senier
Students found the classroom discussions to be engaging and appreciated the professor's fairness in grading.
Topics
- Environmental stewardship and conflict in cultural, social, and political contexts.
- Anti-racism, anti-colonial, and justice-oriented approaches to environmental stewardship.
- Local social conditions in the global context of rural and urban life.
Skills
- Framing and conducting social science research using ethical qualitative, quantitative, and participatory methods.
- Advanced verbal and written communication for professional settings.
- Critiquing how social conditions shape environmental equities and disparities.
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2025— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
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